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305 pencilled next to title Green corn feast. The second great national feast was that of First fruits. The seven prime counsellors gave general instructions with regard to planting that the produce of the country might come forward at the same time. They also watched the growth of corn and other vegetables, in order to determine the time of the feast of first fruits. Perceiving the corn fit to eat, these counsellors dispatched their messenger through the country to give general information when the feast must be attended.This messenger on his unclearrout collected seven ears of corn, from seven fields, belonging to individuals of the seven different clans, and delivered them to the seven counsellors. unclearAnciently the whole nation lived in towns near each other. But the town in which the nationals feasts were held, was very large. There was the national council house, where the national elders resided, and near each other. But the town in which the nationals feasts were held, was very large. There was the national council house, where the nationals elders resided, and near the council house was the residence of the chief ruler or ecclesiastic, and his seven counsellors, speaker, messenger, and other national characters. This town was in a measure? common during the time of any of the great nationals feasts, so that people from the country were at home in any house, and welcome at any table they might choose. The seven counsellors made all necessary arrangements for the feast, and then together with the priest and his right hand man, repaired to the council house, where they all fasted six days, previous to the feast. When the above personages commenced their fast, all the hunters of the town repaired to the wilderness for a six days hunt. On commencing their labours, the chief hunter devoted his first attention to meat for sacrifice. This. must be the end of a bucks tongue (as at all the great festivals) accordingly the first buck he saw, he shot down,